We’re joined by Monocle’s Middle East correspondent, Leila Molana-Allen, to discuss the shocking hostage revelation in Israel and unpack Arab leaders’ alternative plan for Gaza. Also in the programme: former German MEP Reinhard Bütikofer on Germany’s responsibility for Europe’s defence. Then: as the James Bond franchise is sold to Amazon, we discuss the character’s future as a soft-power figure. Plus: Andrew Mueller’s ‘What We Learned’.

Is the end game near between the US and Iran?
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What would Denmark do if the US invaded Greenland? Plus: the latest from the Gulf
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EU leaders meet in Brussels and Japan’s prime minister lands in Washington
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